Abstract:
The invention relates to a method of operating a primary optical node, particularly an optical line terminal (OLT), for an optical communications system, wherein said OLT is configured to receive at least one upstream optical signal (uos) from at least one secondary optical node, particularly an optical networking unit (ONU), within at least a first wavelength range (wr1), and to transmit at least one downstream optical signal (dos) to said at least one ONU within at least a second wavelength range (wr2), wherein said OLT determines a currently unused wavelength subrange (wsr2) within said first wavelength range (wr1), assigns a specific target wavelength (λt) within said currently unused wavelength subrange (wsr2) to said ONU, signals said target wavelength (λt) to said ONU, receives an upstream signal (us) from said ONU, and provides feedback information to said ONU.
Abstract:
A method for tuning a tunable optical transmitter to a target wavelength includes applying at least one tuning signal to the tunable optical transmitter to control the tunable optical transmitter to create an optical calibration signal according to nominal tuning information for the tunable optical transmitter. The optical calibration signal has a wavelength lying within a secure wavelength range, and the nominal tuning information is based on a nominal wavelength dependency for the tunable optical transmitter. The method also includes measuring a deviation between an actual wavelength dependency of the tunable optical transmitter and the nominal wavelength dependency, and determining calibration information based on that deviation. The calibration information is applied to determine a corrected nominal wavelength dependency from which target tuning information is determined. The tunable optical transmitter is controlled to create an optical channel signal according to the target tuning information.
Abstract:
An optical fiber transmission system adapted to provide a remote passive identification of components deployed in said transmission system, wherein each component comprises an associated passive optical identification unit adapted to provide identification of a component type of the respective component on the basis of a received optical identification signature carried in an optical identification signal to said component.
Abstract:
A Raman amplifier comprising a gain control unit adapted to control a pump power of an optical pump signal in response to at least one monitored optical feedback signal reflected back from a transmission line fiber connected to said pumped Raman amplifier.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an optical WDM transmission system including a plurality of first optical transceivers (11) at a first end (7) of an optical WDM transmission link (5, 5′), each of the first optical transceivers (11) including a tunable optical transmitter (17) being adapted to create a first digital optical channel signal (S1ch,i) within the bandwidths of a set of first optical channels of the optical WDM transmission system (1, 1′) according to a tuning control information, multiplexing means (13) for multiplexing the first digital optical channel signals (S1ch,i) into a first optical WDM signal (S1WDM), which is supplied to the first end (7) of the optical WDM transmission link (5, 5′), a plurality of second optical transceivers at a second end (9) of the optical WDM transmission link, each of the second optical transceivers including an optical transmitter being adapted to create a second digital optical channel signal (S2ch,i) within the bandwidth of a predetermined optical channel of a second set of optical channels of the optical WDM transmission system (1, 1′), multiplexing means for multiplexing the second digital optical channel signals into a second optical WDM signal (S2WDM), which is supplied to the second end (9) of the optical WDM transmission link (1, 1′), demultiplexing means (15) for demultiplexing the second optical WDM signal (S2WDM) into the second digital optical channel signals (S2ch,i) and providing each of the second digital optical channel signals (S2ch,i) to a dedicated first optical transceiver (11), and a central tuning device (3, 3′) adapted to create the tuning control information for one or more selected or all of the first optical transceivers (11) by tapping off an optical WDM detection signal (SWDM) from the first optical WDM signal (S1WDM), extracting tuning status information from the optical WDM detection signal (Sdet,WDM) and determining tuning control information for at least one of the first transceivers (11), the central tuning device (3, 3′) being further adapted to supply the tuning control information to the at least one first transceiver (11) by modulating the second optical WDM signal (S2WDM) according to the tuning control information applying an amplitude modulation of the second optical WDM signal (S2WDM) using a dedicated WDM tone frequency.
Abstract:
Provided is an optical network system and optical network unit (ONU) structure enabling a passive optical access network having a meshed structure with at least two central nodes and plurality of ONUs. One embodiment employs a partially or fully meshed structure of optical fibers between customer locations and multiple optical line terminal (OLT) locations creating a passive optical access network. The ONUs can communicate with a neighboring OLT or ONU using a symmetrical or asymmetrical TDM scheme, and convert between the different TDM schemes. For this purpose, the ONU structure includes two transceiver units, one connected to the western network port and the other to the eastern. The ONU can establish communication between either network port and a further ONU or an OLT, with the ONU controller adapted for passing through data, and converting TDM schemes.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for reducing the impact of transient effects in an optical network. The optical network includes at least one span, and an optical signal having a plurality of sub-bands travels through at least one span of the at least one span of the optical network. Each of the at least one span has associated amplifiers and the associated amplifiers are connected to launch optical signals into a remainder of a corresponding optical transmission line. Respectively one of the sub-bands of the optical signal traveling through the span is amplified by one of these associated amplifiers. Each of the associated amplifiers includes at least one control element for controlling gain and tilt of the corresponding amplifier. The method includes the steps of for each span, acquiring an actual value of at least one performance parameter; for each span, respectively computing actual settings for each of the control elements included in the amplifiers associated to the corresponding span based on the actual value of the at least one performance parameter of the corresponding span; and for each span, respectively adjusting the settings of each of the control elements included in the amplifiers associated to the corresponding span based on the computed actual settings for the corresponding control element, in order to reduce the impact of transient effects.
Abstract:
A method for automatic detection of antenna site conditions, ASC, at an antenna site, AS, of an antenna, A, the method comprising the steps of providing (S1) signal source observations, SSO, derived from signals received by the antenna, A, from at least one signal source, SS, and transforming (S2) the signal source observations, SSO, into images fed to a trained image-processing artificial intelligence, AI, model which calculates antenna site conditions, ASC, at an antenna site, AS, of the respective antenna, A.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for monitoring a pump laser of at least one optical amplifier in an optical transmission link in operation. The optical output power of the pump laser to be monitored depends on an injection current. The pump laser to be monitored is operated at an operating point defined by a given value of the injection current and a corresponding value of the optical output power. The method includes the steps of shifting the operating point of the pump laser to be monitored to at least one shifted operating point. The shifting is effected in such a way that the gain of the respective optical amplifier essentially reaches its steady state, determining information on the at least one shifted operating point, and using the information on the operating point and the at least one shifted operating point to determine information on the stage of aging of the pump laser to be monitored.
Abstract:
A method for providing a maximum channel capacity per optical channel in an optical wavelength division multiplexing, WDM, transmission system is described. The WDM transmission system includes transceivers using multiple optical channels in a WDM channel grid to transport optical signals modulated with a modulation format with a signal symbol rate, SR, via an optical transmission link, OTL, along an optical path from a transmitting transceiver to a receiving transceiver. A channel capacity of the optical channel is maximized while a calculated channel margin, CM, is maintained above a preset minimal channel margin value.